First gameplay trailer for Conan Exiles is all about sand, structures, executions

Here's the first gameplay trailer for open-world survival genre Conan Exiles. There's a lot to see in the video.

We see characters walking ankle-deep in the sand and leaving white footprints—which is more believable for snow than sand, to be honest. The first two characters we see show off similar armor sets, but made to fit separate male and female character models. The architecture has that samey, copy-pasted look, which is a believable look since players will be building their own structures on the sand. Hope it's not too much work, though, because one flaming arrow and a bowling-pin setup of explosive pots will annihilate an entire wall of your structure. The dust storm looks wicked. No doubt, visibility is going to be hosed if you run out into one of those. Cool sticks and stones armor and weapons. The steel armor and weapons look far less interesting, but will obviously be superior in durability and damage output. Water is going to be a survival issue, especially when you see that sun beating down and you're nowhere near the river.

All of this information flies in the face of Landmark (formerly EverQuest Next Landmark) with a launch date of—oh gosh, Landmark launches tomorrow? Landmark is going for a very quiet rollout, it appears. But it says June 9 on the official website, so.